A Brief Introduction of Central Plains Culture’s Influence on the Southwest Folk Culture of China - Take the Four Folk Tales in Dangqu County as an Example

Abstract

The southwest of China is rich in folk cultures, and ever since the Qing Dynasty united the country and promoted the WuChi road to enhance the connection with the minority nationalities of the southwest China, there has been a closer and tighter communication between this region and the Central Plains, naturally bringing a cultural exchange. And the cultures from the Central Plains inevitably influenced the local folk cultures in the southwest, which later showed a mixed style of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. A good example is the folk stories told and passed down by the locals in the southwest.